The influential Roman Catholic Church, however, has condemned
distribution of the pill as a form of abortion that encourages
promiscuity and intrudes on personal freedoms...

Opponents have also expressed concerns that the morning-after pill is
really "a Trojan horse designed to clear the way for the legalization
of abortion," in the words of Pablo Zalaquett, mayor of Santiago's La
Florida borough, who has filed a suit seeking to halt the policy.
Abortion is outlawed in this nation of 16 million, though public health
experts estimate that at least 150,000 abortions are performed each
year...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Mr. Zalaquett's appeal of an
intermediate court's ruling permitting distribution of the pill. But
some conservative mayors are saying their religious beliefs will not
allow the pill to be distributed at public clinics in their
municipalities, no matter how the court rules.

Speaking of foreign fertility stuff, Germany is offering a bonus to women having children - around $33,000! However, since the policy goes into place Jan 1, 2007, women who are due before that (in the next few days) are trying to postpone delivery. The beeb had a series on the EU's "fertility woes" including the low birth rates in France, Poland, Italy & Germany.

The data showed that the more children a couple produced, the higher their risk of early death. The situation was worst for women, because they were affected by the physical costs of bearing the children. Fathers' mortality risk increased the more children they had, but never exceeded that of mothers.

The influential Roman Catholic Church, however, has condemned
distribution of the pill as a form of abortion that encourages
promiscuity and intrudes on personal freedoms...

Opponents have also expressed concerns that the morning-after pill is
really "a Trojan horse designed to clear the way for the legalization
of abortion," in the words of Pablo Zalaquett, mayor of Santiago's La
Florida borough, who has filed a suit seeking to halt the policy.
Abortion is outlawed in this nation of 16 million, though public health
experts estimate that at least 150,000 abortions are performed each
year...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Mr. Zalaquett's appeal of an
intermediate court's ruling permitting distribution of the pill. But
some conservative mayors are saying their religious beliefs will not
allow the pill to be distributed at public clinics in their
municipalities, no matter how the court rules.

Speaking of foreign fertility stuff, Germany is offering a bonus to women having children - around $33,000! However, since the policy goes into place Jan 1, 2007, women who are due before that (in the next few days) are trying to postpone delivery. The beeb had a series on the EU's "fertility woes" including the low birth rates in France, Poland, Italy & Germany.

The data showed that the more children a couple produced, the higher their risk of early death. The situation was worst for women, because they were affected by the physical costs of bearing the children. Fathers' mortality risk increased the more children they had, but never exceeded that of mothers.